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Colombia peace deal to usher in rural reform but land conflicts feared, experts say
By: Anastasia Moloney
Date: 23 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts over land are likely to increase following a peace deal as once no-go areas open up for business and development projects, experts say
'Without land, we have no power', Indian Dalit land rights activist says
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 22 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Marginalised low-caste Dalits are fighting against victimisation and demanding land that is owed to them
Report slams ‘undermining’ of native title rights in WA
Date: 27 September 2016
Source: National Indigenous Time
There were continuing and relentless attempts to undermine native title in WA’s Kimberley region, a new Oxfam global report pushing for the land rights of Indigenous peoples across the world has found.
The Custodians of our Land, Defenders of our Future report highlights a global land rush forcing millions of Indigenous people from their homelands.
Seguimos deforestando
Fecha: 19 de septiembre 2016
Fuente: El Espectador
Pese al ambicioso compromiso que Colombia adquirió el año pasado en la cumbre de cambio climático en París, de reducir a cero la deforestación en la Amazonia para el 2020, las cifras publicadas la semana pasada indican que aún falta mucho trabajo por hacer y hay quienes argumentan que no se está logrando intervenir en los departamentos más afectados.
New Global Approaches for Comprehensive Rural Development and Prosperity
By: Bryan Thomas
Date: 19 September 2016
Source: Diplomaticourier
An Emerging Philippine Case Study
Throughout human history, the contact between developed economies and indigenous people in undeveloped areas has created tension, and often tragedy. Today the challenge of creating a positive connection between developing and advanced orders remains a pressing, if elusive goal.
Rights groups criticise Ivory Coast over cocoa farmer evictions
By: Joe Bavier
Date: 19 September 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rights groups have accused Ivory Coast authorities of failing to provide a minimum level of support when they evicted tens of thousands of illegal cocoa farmers from a national park, leaving them vulnerable and putting pressure on local communities.
The government rejected the criticism on Friday.
Vietnam Jails an Activist as Hanoi Grabs More Land
Date: 20 September 2016
Source: RFA
A court in Hanoi sentenced a land rights activist to nearly two years in prison on Tuesday for her role in protesting government-sanctioned evictions that are being used to clear the way for commercial real estate developments in Vietnam.
OP-ED: Cambodia must drop phony charges against women land rights activists
By:Mu Sochua
Date:20 September 2016
Source: Borderless
Monday’ sentencing of four women land rights activists by a Phnom Penh Court does not bode well for the Cambodian government, which is already being closely eyed by the international community for its ongoing politically motivated crackdowns against critics and political opponents.